Once "Where Do Broken Hearts Go" hit 1 in April , she was honored as the first artist in history to ever have seven consecutive Billboard number one singles. An accomplishment that she still holds to this day. The role went to Sabrina Le Beauf , whose theater experience won her the role. The Whitney E. She has a school named after her formerly Franklin School, now the Whitney E.
It was the first song ever to be the topic on a news show for being too overplayed. The Preacher's Wife soundtrack is the best-selling gospel album of all time. The soundtrack also remained at number one for for a record twenty-six weeks on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums Chart.
After spending one week at number one, "Exhale Shoop Shoop " spent the next eleven weeks at number two, the longest number-two stay in Hot history. She earned 14 gold singles in the United States, behind only Madonna among female artists. She is the only female artist to have three albums sell over nine million copies each: "Whitney Houston" , "Whitney" and "The Bodyguard" The world's best selling debut album by a female is "Whitney Houston" , with over twenty-four million copies sold.
The world's biggest selling soundtrack is The Bodyguard with over thirty-seven million units sold. It also ranks as the best-selling female album of all time. Second cousin of David Elliott and Damon Elliott. Her mother was at one time a background singer for Elvis Presley.
She was offered the role of Grace Hitchens on Glee , which she turned down. Eve was then cast instead. Returned to work four months after giving birth to her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown in order to participate in "The Bodyguard World Tour", performing songs from her debut motion picture The Bodyguard Her last romantic relationship was with Ray J from to and again from to her death in Suffered three miscarriages during her relationship with Bobby Brown : in , and Because she passed away the night before the 54th Grammy Awards , the host for the evening, LL Cool J , opened the show with a tribute and a prayer in her honor.
One of the last times Whitney Houston was seen on camera was at a rehearsal for Monica and Brandy's performance at Clive Davis' pre-Grammy party. At the time, Brandy did not know that Houston had planned a surprise birthday party for her on the night she passed away.
On the afternoon of February 11, , Houston was found dead in her hotel room at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. She was pronounced dead at pm PST. Following services, she was laid to rest beside her father at Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey.
That distinction belongs to George Benson who introduced the song on the soundtrack of the biopic The Greatest Delivered her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown via emergency Caesarean section after a hour labor. Former daughter-in-law of Herbert Brown.
Former sister-in-law of Tommy Brown. During one of her live performances, she fell down a step and snapped a strap on her bra. She and her cousin Dionne Warwick were inducted into the New Jersey Hall of Fame for their services to arts and entertainment Was snubbed for a Best New Artist Grammy nomination due to the fact that she sang back up on a Jermaine Jackson single before her debut album was released.
Favourite movie was Sparkle She would later release a remake of the film in starring Houston herself and Jordin Sparks Thomas. It was also unfortunately her last film before passing away. Her daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown passed away at age 22 on July 26, having been in a medically induced coma for the past 6 months after being found unconscious face down in her bathtub. Her manager and confidant was Arista Records founder and president Clive Davis.
Had 3 stepchildren: stepson, Landon Brown b. June 22, , stepdaughter, La'Princia Brown b. November 26, I almost wish I could be more exciting, that I could match what is happening out there to me. I've got a good man. He takes care of me. I don't have to be scared of anything because I know he will kick every ass God gave me a voice to sing with, and when you have that, what other gimmick is there?
I was aware of people staring at me. No one moved. They seemed almost in trance. I just stared at the clock in the center of the church. When I finished, everyone clapped and started crying. I know that I could really kill for my daughter.
I know because I'm living for her, so I'm fierce when it comes down to it. And I feel the same about my husband and my family.
I'm just fiercely protective. It's like, that's my lair and nobody messes with my lair. First of all, let's get one thing straight. Considering Whitney's success, the singer left behind quite the fortune , leaving fans to wonder who exactly it went to, and where they are today. Updated on May 30, , by Michael Chaar: Whitney Houston's sudden passing in left the world stunned.
When it came to her estate, Houston left it to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina. In , Bobbi passed in a similar manner Whitney did. It was revealed Bobbi's ex, Nick Gordon had involvement in her passing, which many believe to have been a cause for his drug overdose last year. Today, the estate now rests in the hands of Whitney's mother, Cissy Houston, and her two brothers, Gary and Michael.
A post shared by Whitney Houston whitneyhouston. With Whitney's ex-husband Bobby Brown being blamed for her drug addiction for years, he admitted to Oprah that he felt that he was the one to introduce her to the drugs that would lead to her death.
We were traveling on the road. We had money. We just got caught up. In the terms stated in her will, the estate was left to her daughter, Bobbi Kristina. Houston wrote it in , then made changes to it in April The will then stated that she was supposed to get more of the estate at the age of 25 and the rest at the age of Whitney's ex-husband, and Bobbi's dad, Bobby Brown was listed as a beneficiary in the will prior to their divorce in
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